Reliability and Validity of the Y-balance Test in Young Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Yousef Alshehre, Khalid Alkhathami, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“…The scores for each participant were independently determined and recorded to the nearest centimeter by two raters. …”
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Optimal Canceling of the Physiological Tremor for Rehabilitation in Parkinson’s Disease by Behnam Faraji, Zahra Esfahani, Kourosh Rouhollahi, Davood Khezri

“…Furthermore, to enhance the feasibility of the suggested control strategy, the coefficients of the controller were determined using a hybrid version of the harmony search and cuckoo optimization algorithm. …”
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CONSIDERATION OF THE DESTABILIZING FACTORS INFLUENCE FOR INCREASING OF THE MEASUREMENTS ACCURACY OF A RANGEFINDER BASED ON STEREO IMAGES by V. L. Kozlov

“…The aim of this work was development of technique for accounting and compensating of destabilizing factors influence, such as the deviation from the horizontal position line of the stereo pair lens, the non-parallelism of the lenses optical axes, the mutual inclination of the photo detector matrices, and the distortion of the stereo camera optical system for increasing of the measurements accuracy of rangefinder based on the correlation analysis of the stereo image.A software application has been developed for analyzing the optical distortions of serially produced lenses, which allows to visually demonstrate the distortions nature and to determine the polynomial coefficients for compensating of the optical distortion.It is obtained that for the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D stereo camera the distortion of the digital image reaches ± 20–35 pixels at the edges of the photo detective matrix and is not the same for the first and second lenses. …”
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Polyphenol Profile and Antioxidant, Antityrosinase, and Anti-Melanogenesis Activities of Ethanol Extract of Bee Pollen by Qiang He, Jie Wang, Jingjing Li, Wenchao Yang

“…<b>Background/Objective:</b> Bee pollen, a rich nutritional food, was employed to develop a raw material for skin whitening. <b>Methods:</b> The polyphenol profile and antioxidant, antityrosinase, and anti-melanogenesis activities of the ethanol extracts of five species of bee pollens (EEBPs) were determined. …”
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Nomogram prediction model for length of hospital stay following laparoscopic appendectomy in pediatric patients: a retrospective study by Ming Liu, Ping Yang, Yunpeng Gou, Qiang Chen, Dong Xu

“…Based on the regression coefficients, a nomogram prediction model was developed. …”
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Persian adaptation and validation of the user version of The Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS). by Zeinab Kohzadi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Zahra Kohzadi, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi

“…The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula. First, the uMARS was translated into Persian. …”
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Role of proteasome system in prognosis of breast cancer progression by E. E. Shashova, N. A. Tarabanovskaya, L. N. Bondar

“…Proteasome chymotrypsin-like (ChTL) and caspase-like (CL) activities were determined by hydrolysis of fluorogenic peptides Suc-LLVY-AMC and Z-LLGlu-AMC in samples of tumor and adjacent tissues. …”
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AI based automatic measurement of split renal function in [18F]PSMA-1007 PET/CT by Kristian Valind, Johannes Ulén, Anni Gålne, Jonas Jögi, David Minarik, Elin Trägårdh

“…Left and right renal uptake of PSMA targeted radiopharmaceuticals have shown strong correlations to split renal function (SRF) as determined by other methods. Manual segmentation of kidneys in PET images is, however, time consuming, making this method of measuring SRF impractical. …”
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THE SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION PROCESSES MODELING IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by R. V. Fattakhov, M. M. Nizamutdinov, V. V. Oreshnikov

“…To achieve this goal, we carried out a statistical analysis, based on the hypothesis of the mutual influence of the socio-economic development of the region and changes in the values of indicators characterizing the migration processes that are the object of the study. We applied the methods of structural, dynamic and factor, correlation and regression analysis. …”
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Cosmetics as a product group of the Russian pharmaceutical market: competition and level of dominance analysis by N. I. Markov, L. S. Treshchetkina

“…The Linda and Herfindahl–Hirschman indices, as well as the strength/variety (SV) matrix, including concentration coefficients and the modified Hall–Tideman index, were used as analysis tools. …”
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From the Soil to the Wine—Elements’ Migration in Monovarietal Bulgarian Wines by Elisaveta Mladenova, Tsvetomil Voyslavov, Ivan Bakardzhiyski, Irina Karadjova

“…However, ensuring wine authenticity and establishing reliable methods for its assessment are critical challenges in wine quality control. …”
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Genetic diversity and development of core collection in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) resources by Zhou Jiaping, Yang Chunyuan, Wu Chun, Wang Rengang, Shi Yuewei, Xie Shengdong, Wang Zhihong, Xu Haiming, Ren Xueliang

“…Finally, the subset (S1C3_10), sampled by a centroid method combined with preferred sampling at 10% proportion, was determined to be a core collection of the tobacco germplasm. …”
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Pristine and Reassembled Nanosheets of Layered Perovskite-like Titanates HLnTiO₄ and H₂Ln₂Ti₃O₁₀ (Ln = La, Nd) as Photocataly... by Sergei A. Kurnosenko, Oleg I. Silyukov, Ivan A. Rodionov, Iana A. Minich, Irina A. Zvereva

“…It was established that the form in which the nanosheets are used strongly affects the hydrogen production efficiency: the latter typically decreases when moving from the pristine nanosheets to filtered ones and then to those restacked by hydrochloric acid, which is determined by the difference in their physical–chemical characteristics being influenced by the reassembly approach.…”
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PUBLIC SPENDING AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TIMES OF CRISIS: EMPIRICAL TESTING OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES by Ірина Сторонянська, Лілія Беновська, Олена Івашко, Наталія Ситник, Андрій Дуб

“…A systematic methodological approach is applied in combination with statistical research methods. Several authorial hypotheses have been confirmed: according to Wagner's law, an increase in public expenditures should be accompanied by GDP growth; the socio-economic development of a country is determined not only by the volume but also by the efficiency of public financial resource utilization (in line with Keynes' hypothesis); the level of GDP redistribution through the state budget is sensitive to crises; local budgets are less affected by financial and economic crises; and in the face of external threats, especially when a country is involved in a military conflict, the role of the state increases. …”
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Adapting and Verifying the Liming Index for Enhanced Rock Weathering Minerals as an Alternative Liming Approach by Francisco S. M. Araujo, Andrea G. M. Chacon, Raphael F. Porto, Jaime P. L. Cavalcante, Yi Wai Chiang, Rafael M. Santos

“…However, the LI was originally developed for carbonate minerals, and its applicability to silicates remains uncertain, with studies often yielding inconclusive results on soil carbon and liming efficiency. This study aims to evaluate the liming efficiency of silicates. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL FACTORS IN LOCAL TREATMENT OF BURN WOUNDS by S. V. Bogdanov, E. V. Zinoviev, K. F. Osmanov, A. V. Karakulev, A. V. Polyakov, A. A. Popov, I. M. Lopatin

“…Background. To define efficiency of decreased microbial dissemination in burn wounds after low-temperature argon plasma of the arc discharge of atmospheric pressure.Materials and methods. …”
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Research on predicting the thermocompression deformation behavior of Mg–Li matrix composite using machine learning and traditional techniques by Dandan Li, Xiaoyu Hou, Yangfan Liu, Linhao Gu, Jinhui Wang, Jiaxuan Ma, Xiaoqiang Li, Zhi Jia, Qichi Le, Dexue Liu, Xincheng Yin

“…The flow stresses were predicted under various thermal operating conditions, and the performance of all models was assessed using root mean square error (RMSE), coefficient of determination (R2) and mean absolute error (MAE). …”
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Formation of Managers’ Competencies in The Field of Project Portfolio Management of The Enterprise by H. H. Kuchmezov, S. I. Neizvestny

“…The main necessary competencies of project portfolio managers are determined. The gap in business requirements and existing competencies of university graduates in this direction of management is shown. …”
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Chemical-functional characterization of Ascophyllum nodosum and Phymatolithon calcareum and dietary supplementation in post-weaning pigs by Sara Frazzini, Serena Reggi, Matteo Dell’Anno, Anna Paola Fifi, Elena Scaglia, Elena Scaglia, Irene Ferri, Luciana Rossi

“…Total Polyphenols Content (TPC) and Total Flavonoid Content (TFC) were determined through colorimetric assays, while antioxidant activity was determined using ABTS assay, and the microdilution method was used to evaluate the antimicrobial capacity. …”
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Radiative Heat Transfer Properties of Fiber–Aerogel Composites for Thermal Insulation by Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Sebnem Sözcü, Jiří Militký

“…Key analytical and experimental methods for determining radiative properties, including Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and numerical modeling approaches, are examined. …”
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